The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Enari, Tsukuba, JP;
Motohiko Tada, Tsukuba, JP;
Yoshinori Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masataka Kawarasaki, Tsukuba, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Enari, Tsukuba, JP;
Motohiko Tada, Tsukuba, JP;
Yoshinori Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masataka Kawarasaki, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Maruha Nichiro Foods, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/10 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A safe and widely-applicable food intake regulator can be provided by using at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of a fish or mammalian melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and enzymatic digests thereof, which have the activity to suppress food intake.